The current event that has had everyone's eyes glued to the T.V. for the past year has come to an end.

The local Heritage Heights grade 8 humanities class were part of the many that followed the U.S. federal election closely and in the process formed opinions of their own on the candidates running for president.

Alina Michelson, 8th grade student at HHS says this year the vote piqued her and her classmates interest more than normal.

A student participating in the grade 8 humanities mock poll at Heritage Heights School

"We've all been watching more than usual, whenever American elections happen I never really pay attention, I guess I pay more attention to Canadian elections because they effect me more directly but I don't know, this one is more out of the ordinary because people don't really like either of the candidates that are most likely to win."

The classes watched debates, held debates, presented and shared their views throughout the election process before hitting the mock polls yesterday.

In the mock vote students had to vote and explain their reasoning behind their choice

Marcos Moussallem says in the mock poll he couldn't come to terms with voting either the major candidates, Hillary or Trump, in.

"This is just my opinion but I'm not a fan of both of the candidates running so what I said was I would vote for somebody like Gary Johnson because the Green Party is just a protest party. I feel like the process of elimination is the reason why I am voting for him, not because he's going to do anything I like better than the others."

Humanities teacher Matt Berrigan says this is the topic his students were interested in from the beginning and he's very pleased with his students and their decisions throughout the election process.

"They have been extremely responsive, they have a genuine understanding so I have been very pleased with the efforts they've made and the care that they've put into making their decisions....I want them to at least understand decision making between one group and another....and identify the type of world they want to live in and then make the decisions that can best bring that to fruition."

The majority of Berrigan's classes voted Hillary Clinton with an end total of 49.1%, unlike the real election that Donald Trump won.

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